Roofing



April 8, 1930. SQEER 1,753,583

ROOFING Fi'led Nov 25, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l avweutoz 33%; Home,

Patented Apr. 8, 1930 UNITED v STATES PATENT, OFFICE ALEXANDER S. SPEER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'IO CERTAIN-[DEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ,OF MARYLAND ROOFING Application filed November 25, 1925. Serial ,No. 71,360.

tive construction embodying the inventionand shown in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a typical individual shingle provided with the illustrative securing means.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing a surface laid. with said shingles.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one element of said securing means.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cooperating elementof said securing means. Figure 5 is a longitudinal cross section through said securing means as applied to shingles but before the final positioning of the shingles.

Figure 6 is a similar cross section through a shingled surface after the shingles have been finally positioned and secured by said securing means.

Figure 7 isa fragmentary transverse section of a shingled surfaceshowing the cooperating securing elements on the underside of a shingle. 1

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan view showing said securing means attached to the underside of a shingle.

In the drawings, 10 designates a typical shingle formed with projections or tabs 11 and 12, which, in this instance have converging sides 13 and extended in opposite directions from the sides of the body 14 of the shingle; such tabs, in this instance, being dissimilar. The projection 11 may be called for convenience, a triangular tab. The body of the shingle is also formed with lateral projections 15 and 16. The tab 15 1s advantageously provided with a nail aperture 17 which may be utilized for properly locatlng a securing element. The tab 16 is provided with a notch or cut away portion 18 for properly locating an adjacent shingle in a given course. When shingles are laid in courses (see Fig. 2) the extension 15 may be employed to separate the adjacent tabs 12 by spaces 19; the point of extension 15 registering with the notch 18 of the adjacent shingle. When the courses are laid in 0verlappmg relation and staggered (see Fig. 2) so that the sides 13 of the tabs of one course register with the bases of the recesses or spaces 19 of the adjacent lower course, the roofing so laid presents the appearance of a plurality of hexagonal shingles. Hence, the term semi-hexagonal has been employed to designate the shape of the lower tab 12 in the illustrative shingle. Variations in the shape of the shingle tabs 11 and 12 produce correspondingly different efiects in the appearance ofthe roof. 1

The illustrative shingle securing means may be advantageously employed with shingles made from flexible material, to hold down their'free ends and to prevent curling of the shingles. The securing means comprise one element in the form of a plate 20 and a cooperating element on the form of a staple 21, which are attached to the underside of the shingle 10.

Plate 20 is. rectangular. in shape and is provided at one end with a lug 22 which, in this instance, is struck up above the surface thereof and at the opposlte end a nail aperture 23 which, in this instance, is pierced therein leaving a burr 24 thereon. The staple 21 is applied to the underside of the shingle over the plate 20 by means of prongs 25, which'penetrate the shingle and are upset or bent over as at 26and embedded in the coating of mineral material, such as slate, which is on the exposed surface.

The staple 21 when applied to the underside of the shingle allows the plate 20 to be 95 held loosely in place thereby allowing a lateral and longitudinal motion. (See Figs. 5,

6, 7 and 8). The lug or prong 22 and burr 24 prevent the plate 20 from slipping from under the staple 21, and lug 22 also serves as a 100 (see dotted lines of Fig. 8).

In shingling a roof, or the like, with shingles providedwith the illustrative securingmeans, each course is laid by placing a shingle of the next upper course over the shingles on the next lower course. Fi s. 5 and 6 show the two stages of attaching t e shingle bymeans of the improved securing means. After the burr 24 of the nail aperture 23 of the plate 20 is inserted in the hole-17 of a shingle of 'the lower course, a nail is driven through aperture 23 into the sheathing 27. (See Fig. 5.) The shingle 10 is then shifted downward into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5, such shifting being permitted by the sliding connection between the plate 20 and staple 21. The base of the tab 12 can then be alinedwith the base of tab 15 of the shin gle of the lower course. In this position the plate20 and its securing nail will be entirely covered by the shingle. (See Fig. 6.)

The securing means is so constructed and arranged that it will not only hold down the shingle material, but will permit the overlying section to shift under expansion and contraction without evidence of buckling or other unevenness or distortion of roof surface.

, Obviously the illustrative shingle and fastening means may be varied considerably without departing from the principles of the invention; and the invention is not limited to the details of the illustrative construction. Moreover, it is not indispensable that all the feat-uresof the invention be used conjointly; they may be used to advantage in various different combinations and subcombinations.

Having described one embodiment of my invention, I claim 1. A securing means for roofing material comprising a plate adj ustably attached to the underside of the material, said plate provided with a nailing and spacing aperture.

2. A securing means for roofing material comprising a plate provided with a nailing and spacing aperture at one end and a lug at the other adjustably attached to the underside of thematerial.

3. A securing means'for roofing material comprisin in combination a plate provided with a nailing and spacing aperture at one end and alug at the other adj ustably attached to the underside of the material by means of a stapling device. I

4. A roofing element having a securing means applied to its underside com osed of a nailing plate and a staple for attac ing theplate thereto, said plate being ada ted to slide between the roofing element an staple.

5. A roofing element having a securing means attached thereto com rising two sections, one of said sections being a plate pro vided at one end with a nailing and spacing aperture and at the other end with a lug, the other of said sections being in the form of 2 a nail and. constructed at the other end toshiftably interengage with the roofing element anda staple attached thereto.

9. A securing link for roofing material attached to the underside thereof comprising a thin metal strip adapted to be nailed to a surface, said link constructed to permit uni-,

versal movement of said materiaL' 10. The method of forming a roofing which consists in providing securing means on the underside of shingles with a nailing portion projecting beyond the margin of the shingles, nailing the securing means on the roof, and adjusting the shingles to cover the securing means.

11. The method of forming a roofing which consists in providing securing means adjust-- ably attached to the underside of shingles with a nailing portion adapted to project beyond themargin of the shingles, nailing the securing means on the roof, and sliding the shingles to cover the securing means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALEXANDER S. SPEER. 

